Chances are there are old prescriptions in your medicine cabinet – pills you never intend to use again. According to Lt. Robby Lint, others who live in or visit your home might have a different idea. “Especially if you have children in the house, teenagers, other people living in the residence. We’ve seen an increase […]
Employees at a Lexington County pharmacy alerted deputies Friday night after a man and woman tried to use a forged prescription to get powerful painkillers. After responding to the Walgreen’s on South Lake Drive, deputies arrested Tevin Lewis, 31, and Nykia Oggs, 30. Lewis and Oggs are charged with obtaining prescription drugs by fraud for […]
Sheriff Jay Koon has completed the 114th session of the National Sheriffs’ Institute, a program designed to train sheriffs on the challenges facing law enforcement today. The five-day course is co-sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Corrections and the National Sheriffs’ Association. Koon and 26 other sheriffs attended the session in Aurora, Colorado […]
The major over the Lexington County Detention Center has been elected to the South Carolina Jail Administrators Association’s board of directors. Maj. Kevin Jones will serve as the second vice president of the SCJAA, an organization whose primary goal is to promote jail standards through training and fellowship. “We’re proud to have one of our […]